Show us ya Woma's

[dihsmaj]

Want!

 

[-Katana-]

very glad you're happy Susan. Pics dont do him justice, i can never capture that lovely yellow hue

You and Yommy breed some of THE most beautiful Womas in Aus.

So beautiful!

I got my first ever Woma today and I'm head over heels in LUV with her. She is so laid back and unflappable and just an aesthetically pleasing python.

Seriously smitten with the species.
On the strength of my love I'm amending my rec. rep. license so I can keep more than the allowed two.

I'm at a loss to think of a species that adapts to captivity as well as a woma.
I can see why they have such a vast popularity as a "starters" python.
Small in size with a beautiful range of morphs and locals, rabid feeders coupled with an amendable, calm disposition that would make even the most nervous handler confident.
Hand on my heart.....I will never own/purchase another cat or dog while woma pythons are allowed to be kept by the recreational keeper.

 

[yommy]

Jason has some of the nicest i've seen, shame his off loading most, who ever scores these animals, like pythonsmum has, are onto something special. If i had more room i'd snap them ALL up
There is so much varieties in this locale from the size, to the banding, thin bands, thick bands the various colours from rich reds, yellows to deep chocolate, you just need to see my Adult trio for that.

But the thing that sells me on womas is there quirky attributes, from young ones threat display, you'd swear you owned a taipan to when they calm down but get excited at feed time, tail wiggling and head bobbing.
To when you add you adults for the 1st time of the season and watch them follow each other constantly. you can see their excitement as they scent, tail wiggle, the gentle spurring from the male and general courtship.

They are an entertaining species which i can sit and watch, that amaze me for hours. Couldn't imagine my collection without them.
I have some nice animals but the womas are by far my favourite, if you haven't work that out yet

 

[pythonmum]

Jason is absolutely right - that little male is much yellower in the sun than I can capture on film. I only intended to buy one, but he knows what to do. After putting that beautiful boy in my hands, I couldn't go home without him.

When I fed them last night it was hilarious. The female not so much, as she's on shed and didn't do the full display, but the male:lol:... He coiled up so much he kept falling over backward. He hissed like a steaming kettle. He grimaced and looked tough. When he finally got around to striking at the mouse it was like watching a preschooler playing T-ball - kept striking, but missing by miles! I finally got tired of holding the stationary target and just sat it in the enclosure and went away. He eventually quit striking at shadows and ate it. I just had to laugh. Such amazing bravado.

 

[benjamind2010]

Yeah, womas have phenomenal feeding response
I got bitten on the hand when making a meal delivery to the female RHD woma juvenile I had last year. I can remember the razor sharp teeth sinking into my fingers.
Oh boy did she go beserk, when she could smell the rat she jumped around the enclosure like she was having a fit. Then she slowed down, and I put the rat next to the water bowl. In about 2 minutes I heard a pretty sizable thump and sure enough she was wrapped around it like a rubber band.

 

[snakeluvver]

Want!

need

 

[yommy]

80 mile beach womas - they're basically "red" boodaries.

Here's my red w/c boodarie woma.
she's very reddish / orange.
Doesn't like the beach or people really hence hard to get a really good pic's to reflect her true colour.
She and i have bonded and she is quite a good handler and has settled in really well.
she tolerates me in smal doses but its her genes i'm after.... will be pairing with my chocolate boy this season, will be interesting to see the results.

 

[pythonmum]

She's quite a stunner Yommy. It would be worth the adrenaline to get some offspring with that amazing colouration. I'm working on getting my new Boodarie babies used to traffic around the tubs. The little boy gets startled and defensive half of the time. I've named him Koshari - the Hopi (native American) clown character who is given to excess - it seemed to fit. The girl isn't so bad, but she should shed any day now and may just be feeling off colour. Here is a photo of her not looking her best. I'll update when she has fresh skin.

 

[yommy]

wonder what chocolate and red will give you???

The colour variation you can get with this locale is pretty cool.

A pic to show difference with the red girl and choc male. A few more of red as she's just shed and one of yellow girl

 

[pythonmum]

Red + chocolate = awesome WA woma! Very simple equation, really...

 

[yommy]

Red + chocolate = awesome WA woma! Very simple equation, really...

+1

WA has some of the best if not the best reptile species in Australia. Shame they don't have the same reptile rights as us eastern state cousins

 

[pythonmum]

Got home to find that my little Boodarie girl has shed, so I finally get to see her true colours. As Jason promised, she has lovely bright yellows and who wouldn't love this face?! Even better is that she has the calm, inquisitive personality to go with it. My daughter is in love, too (and is holding her for the photo).

 

[lisa5]

Yep, would have to agree pythonmum- who wouldn't love that cute little face!

 

[yommy]

beautiful speciem there pythonmum.
I've found a pic and attached it of my high yellow female as a juvi and she is very similar in colour to yours, gives you an idea of how she may colour up.
i find the cleaner the background, the 'white to fawn' develops into a really nice yellow as adults. Though camera pics never bring out the true colour and in the flesh they are something else.
I've thrown a few from red's and chocolate's intro from tonight, they seem cosy

 

[-Katana-]

Holding thumbs for tail wraps and gravid females, Yommy.

 

[pythonmum]

Yes Yommy, my little girl does look a lot like your yellow as a juvenile. I discovered tonight that she prefers her prey dry rather than wet - a bit precious! She sniffed, but wouldn't open the mouth for the wet mice. When I dried it so it was all fluffy, she delicately opened up and started swallowing:lol:. The boy isn't so picky - he ate a wet mouse lying in his water bowl. Typical grotty boy!

I think you should name the offspring from your pairing 'hot chocolate'. At least it looks promising. I've paired my albino Darwins, but he won't come out of the hide box. Maybe he's on shed. Must move him out tomorrow and wait until he gets his mojo back. He was pacing, so I though he was ready, but guess not.

 

[yommy]

Kuniya 'Red female' was like that with wet food had to hit it with the missus hair drier to fluff them up. Must say the wife was not happy when she found me using her appliance on rats

Was looking at jasons add today for his adult pair for sale that male over Zingara 'Yellow female' and Marikai 'Chocolate male' over that young female would be a crack'n project.

If only i had the spare coin and cage space.... damn

 

[Carnelian]

Stunning Womas Yommy, love the pics of them together, you really get to see the colour variation.

pythonmum, your little one sounds like my son's, very calm & inquisitive. Not at all like others I heard about.

 

[pythonmum]

Yommy - No problem using a blow drier on rats - I already use it on the fluffdog and he's pretty ratty-looking when he's just had a bath. I'll keep that in mind for the future.

I think that male of Jason's over your red female would make some amazing red babies, but I agree about the chocolate male over the female. Ah, the joys of playing fantasy breeding project - if only we had all of the enclosure space, time and money in the world.... Of course, I'd need to do this somewhere besides home because I've pretty much hit my husband's limit. I thought he cracked when I brought home a pair instead of a single woma because he disappeared!:shock: Turned out he just went to the gym for a workout, but I was prepared to grovel!:lol:

 

[yommy]

I have an adult limit placed on me as well (which is probably a good thing) as the collection is based on quality not quanity (though you'd never hear me tell her that )
My loop hole is offspring as i begrudgingly am prepared to part with them, most of the time...
As i won't buys adults as a rule as i have a closed collection and like to know the origins and full history of my animals and i'm anal about hygiene protocols,
if i want a new species i buy it as a hatchie and add it to the rack.
She's nun the wiser and I then have 2-3 years as they aren't adult until mature to work out what i need to shuffle........ things we do for our reptiles